Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-01-20
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Mind Reading.
BISHOPS WONDERFUL PERFORMANCES.

SEEING AN ASSYRIAN LETTER THROUGH
BLACKBOARD.
Bishop, the mind reader, gave another OF
his puzzIine exhibitions in Music hall, Bos- |
ton, Tuesday evening. Among the COM
mittee Oh the platform was Professor Lyon |
of Harvard. The first experiment was the
"murder scene" A gentleman sitting about |
halfway down the middle aisle was the VIC
tim. and the weapon was pushed down be- |
hind the back Of member of the committee,
apparently inside his waistcoat. The expe-
rment Threatened TO be a failure, but was at
last successful after another member of the
committee had united his mental powers
with those Of the 'murderer." Considerable
amusement resulted from Mr. Bishops re-
quest for the gentleman on whose person
the knife was concealed, to remove his coat
and waistcoat, which he did without hesita
ton.
The next test was somewhat novel. Mr..
Sturgls was asked to write ladys name
aud inclose the writing in an envelope. lie
did so, and then accompanied Mr.. Bishop IN
a long search through the hall Al length
the lady was found IN the first balcony She
was Mrs. +. S. Watson, wife Of DIR. Watson
of the committee. Mr. Bishop presented
her with beautiful bouquet. In reply to
question from Mr. Bishop as TO who fur
nlshed the guiding power, Mr.. Sturgls SAID
Il think Il is proper to say that Mr.. Bishop
took me- He wanted me- 10 take him
could see that by his movements, but gave
him no chance.
Then the experiment with the bank note
was made. Mr.. kennard, assistant treasurer
at the United States sub-treasury, sald that
he had a note, the number Of which was
known 10 himself alone tie was asked to
show ii TO two other members of the com
mittee, and he did So Mr.. Bishop then.
after much hesitation and frequent erasures,
wrote the number S,3i0, 1913, which was de-
clared to tie correct Mr. kennard sand
that the note had never been in circulation.
nor had Il been out Of his custody since It's
arrival.
Mes,rs Ames, Lvon and Johnson then
concealed a knife. and. returning. were
bound to Mr.. Bishop with some ten or tt-
teen feet of wire. The search was short
one, and the knife was found under the
steps Oh the left Of the platform in Bum
stead hall. Ii was surprising to see he
hetceness with witch Nr Bishop overturned
the steps and dove" for the knife beneath.
In the search there was no hesitation eX-
cept for moment on entering the lower
hall. Mr. Ames stated that the mind reader
had pursued absolutely the SAM course
taken by the committee when the Hute was
hidden, and that 10 assistance whatever had
been given him except that for large part
Of the time he grasped the hand Of one of
them lnsl-ad OF Depending on the wire.
DIR. Bowdtch then imagined that he had
a pam IN the last Joint Of the utte finger Of
his lett hand. and Mr.. Bishop located It for
hIal. |, was evident that Mr. Bishop knew
almost instantly that the putn was IN the
hand, and, that ms delay was for the pur-
pose OF verifying HI. first impression.
Mr.. .Ames was then requested to become
temporarily a thief. lie vas To- take an ar
ucIe OF some Kind from racn OF three gentle
men ana hide The stolen property some" hrgr
IN the haiI. INe experiment failed, for NJ
Bishop could not find the ga d. 1t j. Jut
fair to say That his Conditions were uut
wholly complied with. I'M, test was IT.
peated, and the second attempt proved 10 he
the feature Of the evening Mr.. keunard
took three articles, reserved seat check,
case for holding opera glasses aud KNIFE
from three individuals, and ht them brhud
the statue o. Apollo. Mr Bi>hop vas then
carefully b.mdtoIded, and Nr. hrnnarI lcuk
his place beside The mud feeder. aA'